Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012
Your 2011 Holiday Bowl matchup will pit the California Golden Bears (7-5) against the Texas Longhorns (7-5) in a December 28th showdown.
Although the game is technically a neutral field affair, you can bet that the Golden Bears will feel more at home since the action will be decided at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, California.
Texas won the Holiday Bowl over Arizona State in 2007, while California was a winner over Texas A&M in this game back in 2006.
Texas has fallen apart lately with 3 losses in their previous 4 games, and it has been a rough year for this team.
BYU is the only team they’ve defeated all season that ended up with a winning record, and the Longhorns have failed to cover the point spread in 5 of their last 8 games.
Texas has gone under the total in 3 of their last 4 and will bring a 3-2 record on the road into this ESPN-televised game.
California looks to be the hotter team when the 8:00 PM ET kickoff rolls around as the Golden Bears have been winners in 3 of their last 4.
The only loss during that span was a 28-31 defeat against Stanford where California was a 17-point underdog.
The Golden Bears have covered the point spread in their last 4 games and have now gone over the total in 2 straight after previously going under in 7 in a row.
The Longhorns came out as 3.5-point favorites for this Holiday Bowl matchup, but were quickly bet down to -3 despite college football bet-tracking websites showing that Texas is receiving close to 65% of wagers on the spread.
The total of 47.5 has also seen some movement after debuting at 48.
I’m seeing the line as high as 48 and as low as 47 currently, so be sure to line shop before placing a wager.
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